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Are we forgetting that this is Michael Bay...? Of course its not going to be character heavy.

I wasn't a huge fan of Transformers as a child, I only remember watching the cartoon - no comics for me! But I think these things that are close to us as a child will always be dissapointing unless it's done EXTREMELY well.

I thought the film was alright - nowhere near what it's hyped up to be, but I wouldn't say it was a bad movie. Leave the brain with the Saxo in the car park, pass the popcorn and let it gloss over you.

Didn't say the storyline was rich, I said the source material was. They might have come from a toy line, but the comics were actually pretty adult, or at least the UK ones were. Clearly no one has 'raped' anything (tongue firmly in cheek and all), but it is a pretty average film that suffers from too much slo-mo and not enough characterisation.

In all honesty, I wouldn't consider the source material any better than that of the original Power Rangers that you despise so much. I enjoy/enjoyed both nearly equally, so I'm not trying to belittle both at all. But we are talking about a series that came about from a Toy line, so saying the story-line was "rich" just seems like a stretch to me.

I read the comics loads as a kid and there was so much more they could have done with it. We had a different continuity over here as Marvel UK did separate stories from Marvel US, and a lot of them kicked arse. Even the original arrival from Cybertron/fuel shortage storyline would have made more sense than what we got. Guess I shouldn't be surprised though...

Nic Mall wrote: Well...I loved every second of it. Going again next week.

I agree. It was no where as bad as I was expecting, and I walked away liking it. I still don't care for changes for changes sake, like the looks of them so drastic, but overall, I look forward to part 2.